GeForce 8800 GS vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 M360, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1125 MHz. The DDR3 RAM runs at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 384 SPUs along with 24 Texture Address Units and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce 8800 GS should in theory be a lot better than the Radeon R7 M360 overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GS		38400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 22400 (140%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 M360 is just a bit (more or less 2%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GS. (explain)

Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 600 (2%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 M360 will be quite a bit (about 36%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 GS, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2400 (36%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.